Know-Your-Money Test
The Bank of Russia has recently updated its Basic standard for protection of investors’ rights. The key novel is that to transact on certain financial instruments, unqualified investors should pass a test.
Legal Purgatory: Review of Fake Law by The Secret Barrister
Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies by The Secret Barrister is a brilliant example of good popular legal literature.
New Old Glasses: Review Of Series Of Lectures "Economics And Life" By New Economic School
New Economic School (NES) held the series of lectures "Economics and Life." The main theme was insightful: in your everyday life, do not forget to put on economic glasses.
A Kind Of Magic: Review of St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 9 3/4
The St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 9 ¾: Vaccination by Law brought together predominantly lawyers, although its agenda was devoted to issues with a much wider circle of stakeholders.
Youth Is No Guarantee Of Innovation: Highlights Of The Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting 2021
Here I post a few thoughts that I found fruitful and insightful upon watching the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting 2021.
The Society Of Crossed Price Tags: Review Of What Money Can’t Buy By Michael Sandel
What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael Sandel asks, as the title goes, what money can’t buy. More intriguingly, it wonders what money can but shouldn’t buy.
Algorithmic Clouds: Review Of Cambridge Handbook Of The Law Of Algorithms
Reading Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms (edited by Woodrow Barfield, 2021) appeared to me like flying on a long-range aircraft: I departed from good old days of law, enjoyed a 360-degree coverage of social and legal challenges caused by algorithms, and arrived to a brave new world.
Break Free From Fog: About Price Tags, Fig Leafs, and Legal Language
Legalese, gobbledygook, doublespeak, nonsense, gibberish, abracadabra, double Dutch, geekspeak, jabberwocky, sublanguage, mumbo jumbo — people sometimes use these colourful words to describe legal language.
Creative Ruins: Review Of The Road To Ruin By James Rickards
My 2021 started with a thrilling, terrifying, and terrific The Road to Ruin: The Global Elites’ Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis by James Rickards.
Driving Forward Looking Backward: About Zhiguli, Neighbours, and Predictive Models
In February 2019 a 18-year-old guy from Stavropol, Russia swapped the steering wheel and seats in his Zhiguli. Someone uploaded the video about the car to YouTube.Thanks to social media, the video went viral and became a part of “How do you like this, @elonmusk?” challenge. Elon Musk tweeted “haha, awesome” (in Russian!).